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2 09, 2017

Roman games: What games did Roman people play?

By |2018-09-10T05:43:42-07:00September 2nd, 2017|Games, Romans|Comments Off on Roman games: What games did Roman people play?

Roman dice were involved in many Roman games Neither cards nor chess... Roman people played most of the different kinds of games that people play today. There are two important [...]

1 09, 2017

Roman chariot-racing – Circus games in Ancient Rome

By |2019-10-28T08:46:39-07:00September 1st, 2017|Romans|13 Comments

Roman circus games: Roman chariot-racing mosaic from Vienne, France Chariot-racing and gambling In addition to gladiatorial games, people in ancient Rome also really loved chariot-racing.  Both men and women went to [...]

11 08, 2017

History of American games – lacrosse to soccer

By |2018-04-20T08:23:51-07:00August 11th, 2017|Games, North America|Comments Off on History of American games – lacrosse to soccer

History of American games: Ute horse race (thanks to Southern Ute Museum and Cultural Center) Horses and horse-racing The first important change in the history of American games after 1500 AD came with the horse. [...]

8 08, 2017

Native American games – lacrosse, swimming, dice

By |2018-04-11T18:30:20-07:00August 8th, 2017|Games, Native American|Comments Off on Native American games – lacrosse, swimming, dice

Cherokee lacrosse players from 1888 People who lived in North America played both active games and the kind where you can sit down. Their favorite active game was lacrosse. Or actually lacrosse [...]

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